• @fiah@discuss.tchncs.de
    32•1 year ago

    I honestly don’t remember because I was too young. However I do remember growing up on all the classics like Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Test Drive (1 or 2? definitely 2), Street Rod 2. The list goes on

  • Call me Lenny/LeniEnglish
    22•1 year ago

    Pokémon Blue, you could say.

    Also, RPG Maker. It’s wholesome seeing what people make.

  • ME5SENGER_24English
    16•1 year ago

    Super Mario Bros. A game that’s nearly as old as I am, that fully stands the test of time. From the very beginning of my gaming days, this and Duck Hunt got me into it. Dig Dug 2 was the first game I ever got angry enough to flip the tv the bird. Sonic and Tails probably was the second major influence on my life, from a video game perspective. After that I was a gamer and will never turn away from the cathode-ray light!

  • @Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    We have a Home Movie of me at 3 years old playing Tetris on my cousin’s Gameboy. I don’t remember a time that video games weren’t a part of my life.

    The first game I remember realy clicking for me was Donkey Kong Country. I can still play that game off muscle memory alone.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce
    11•1 year ago

    I once stumbled into my parent’s computer room as a little 6 year old and saw my older brother playing Sim City 2000. That moment literally changed my life.

    Before that, I had seen my parents on the computer, but they were always just emailing or faxing stuff. I thought computers were boring machines for adults to do paperwork on.

    The day I saw my brother playing Sim City on the computer was the day I realized it could do something awesome.

    That was well over 20 years ago, and I’ve been a PC gamer ever since.

  • ElephantInTheRoom
    11•1 year ago

    Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Elite back in the mid-90s. Jagged Alliance 2 and Fallout 2 a few years later got me finally hooked.

  • @kaitco@lemmy.world
    10•1 year ago

    MASS EFFECT!!!

    I’d played games pretty casually since I was a kid, but Mass Effect is what turned me into a gamer. Before Mass Effecf, I hardly finished games and could never really master controls, let alone the concept of movement with one stick and viewing with the other.

    The Mass Effect story pulled me in so deep that I put in the effort and learned to actually play the game. After, ME I started playing just about everything.

    Now, I’m in the process of recording my ME playthroughs and editing them into a show just for fun. I used to be normal at some point…

  • @GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee
    9•1 year ago

    Been playing Nintendo since I could remember. That’s like everyone else’s story.

    However, I took a break. 1st kid was born and I wanted to focus on them. 5 years, no gaming… But Factorio… You see, that’s where the trouble began to grow. That factory. That damned factory.

    edit: fellow engineers, check the FFF blog, they’ve released news of the expansion!

    • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]English
      4•1 year ago

      I’ve only played around 1500 hours of Factorio. Since I’m still a noob, can you give me some sites where I can read about expansion content?

    • @UmbrellAssassin@lemmy.world
      2•1 year ago

      I have the same issue. Too many kids. Haven’t really gamed in years. The only game that I got that was over 10 bucks in recent years was Doom Eternal. Other than that I usually play D2 mods or emulate. I really wish I could get into Factorio, but that game never goes on sale.